Lunga

Yoga is about transformation. If you don’t wanna change, don’t do it! If you are a scaredy cat, grab a hold of your fear, breathe it in, be present to it in all of it’s self-deprecating and destructive glory AND … Continued

Yogic Wisdom

Indeed, when a group, a path, a teacher, a practice, or a community begin to see themselves as having 'the perfect way,' it is a sure sign that reality testing has been impaired.

Stephen Cope YOGA AND THE QUEST FOR THE TRUE SELF 'To the Mountaintop'

'Here is everywhere, every moment for waking up before we die.'

Sara Baker Michalak THE GARDEN WITHIN 'December 27'

The goal of this journey is not only freedom from suffering but an expanded capacity for creativity, clarity, and joy.

Miranda Shaw PASSIONATE ENLIGHTENMENT

“One must first of all concentrate one’s thoughts on an object. Once one’s mind achieves a state of concentration and the space between oneself and the object has disappeared, the essential nature of the object can be perceived. Then express it immediately. If one ponders it, it will vanish from the mind.”

MATSUO BASHO 'Learn From the Pine'

Imagine your bones are like tiny, light boats bobbing up and down on the current of your breathing.

Donna Farhi YOGA MIND BODY & SPIRIT 'Letting the Breath Move You'

'This longing you express is the return message.'

RUMI trans. Coleman Barks THE ESSENTIAL RUMI 'Love Dogs'

Contentment brings supreme happiness.

Patanjali trans.Bernard Bouanchaud THE ESSENCE OF YOGA, 'sutra 2.42'

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.

Antoine de Saint Exupery

The fall, the descent, and its subsequent humility can be seen as another form of blessing.

Jack Kornfield AFTERTHE ECSTASY,theLAUNDRY 'Honoring the Fall'

Life is beautiful. There's treasure in every moment-treasure you may overlook unless you are aware of the impermanence of everything.

Steve Ross HAPPY YOGA 'You Were Never Born and You Will Never Die'

An empty day without events. And that is whyit grew immenseas space. And suddenlyhappiness of beingentered me.